How to Install libusb in Kali Linux

So CMake is complete and Pyside2 is after this. To bridge these two easy to remember named items is libusb1.0-0-dev. The library of champions or at least USB devices. Let’s see how to install libusb.

So what is libusb? It is a cross platform USB access library. I doubt I gave it justice but it makes sense we would have it on this project. After all Ubertooth is a USB device. I would have assumed that Kali would have something like this already installed but being that it is cross platform, they probably ignored OS specific technologies.

Anyway let’s dig into and see how to set this library up.

libusb Install

Start with opening the terminal on your Kali desktop.

Kali Desktop-Terminal Icon Location

Once the terminal enter sudo apt-get install libusb-1.0-0-dev and press enter.

If you get a confirmation screen like the one above then press Y to proceed with the install. It will have to use some additional hard drive space. It is ok. It needs it.

Finally it should finish after a short install. In my experience this is one of those libraries that just installs without a fight everything. I would give them a gold star if I had any. As I did in my desk, I have some St. Paddy’s Day sticker so a gold coin to them. This is a pretty easy library to get onto the machine. Next we look at PySide2.

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